Use Willers
Ilse Willers (born November 19, 1912 in Galbrasten ; † February 2010 in Wedel ) was a German painter and graphic artist who lived and worked in Wedel. Her work was in the tradition of surrealism and expressionism .
life and work
After graduating from high school in Insterburg, Ilse Willers moved to Berlin to study . She enrolled at the arts and crafts school in Berlin-Charlottenburg and continued her education after a semester at the state art school in Berlin-Schöneberg. Again after one semester, Willers decided to continue her studies at the Art Academy in Königsberg under Heinrich Wolff . The expulsion from East Prussia followed, whereupon she settled in northern Germany.
In the course of her life she continued her artistic education and attended courses in Hamburg with Karl Kluth , Eduard Hopf , Eylert Spars , Fritz Husmann , Erich Wessel and was a student of the expressionist Oskar Kokoschka and Johnny Friedländer at the summer academy in Salzburg. From the latter she learned the technique of color etching . In the 1960s she drew a. a. Productions at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg.
In 1987 Willers took 3rd place for graphics at the Grand Prix d'Arc in Nuremberg . In 1995 she received the Arnold Fiedler Prize in Hamburg. In 1981 the Osnabrück Cultural History Museum published a catalog of all etchings, woodcuts and paintings created to date.
Her work has shown in various museums and art associations, including the Märkisches Museum Witten , Kunsthaus Hamburg , in the Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven , in the Museum of Cultural History Osnabrück , Kunstverein Salzgitter , Husum or cube Hannover . Works by her are in various German museums, u. a. in the Museumsberg Flensburg and her estate of theater drawings in the theater collection of the Hamburg State and University Library .
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 1992: Ilse Willers , East Prussian State Museum Lüneburg
- 1982: Ilse Willers , Francheville Gallery in the Kubus Hannover
- 1981: Ilse Willers. Beach, sea and cosmos , Middle Rhine Museum Koblenz
- 1981: Ilse Willers , Osnabrück Museum of Cultural History
- 1975: Ilse Willers. Color etchings, oil paintings , Märkisches Museum Witten
- 1973: (with Kriemhild Flake and Anna Maria Strackerjan ): Kriemhild Flake, Anna Maria Strackerjan, Ilse Willers , Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven
literature
- Wolff-Thomsen, Ulrike: Lexicon of Schleswig-Holstein artists. West Holstein Publishing House Boyens, Heide 1994.
- Cultural Authority of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (ed.): Artists in Hamburg. Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1982.
- Cultural History Museum Osnabrück (ed.): Ilse Willers. Verlag Rasch, Bramsche 1981.
- Märkisches Museum Witten (ed.): Ilse Willers. Color etchings, oil paintings. Publishing house of the Märkisches Museum, Witten 1975.
- Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven (ed.): Kriemhild Flake, Anna Maria Strackerjan , Ilse Willers. Verlag der Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven 1973.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ in the Ostpreussenblatt
- ^ Article in the Augsburger Allgemeine
- ^ Website of the theater collection of the SUB Hamburg
- ↑ Announcement of the exhibition in Die Weltkunst
- ↑ Announcement of the exhibition in Art and the Beautiful Home
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Willers, Ilse |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German graphic artist and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Galbrasten |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2010 |
| Place of death | frond |